CCTV nets £3m Parking Fines in one London street

By Ross Lydall Evening Standard 2 June 2005
The Evening Standard used Freedom of Information legislation to obtain details of the London streets that have the most Parking fines issued.
In the year to April, motorists in Atlantic Road, Brixton had 31,124 tickets issued – worth £3,112,400 (without penalties for delay in paying fines) - the most targeted street in London.

The 2 number plate reading cameras in the Brixton street were only introduced in September - they each issue about £43,000 worth of tickets a week. A London Assembly investigation this week found the number of tickets issued in the capital had trebled in a decade to six million a year, making the boroughs a £113 million annual profit.

Paul Watters, head of roads and transport at the AA, said: "I have always been worried that CCTV parking enforcement will generate this kind of 'honey pot' for councils."

25,693 of the tickets were issued after number plates of illegally parked vehicles were recorded by CCTV. The remaining 5,431 ( more than 100 a week) were issued by Wardens.

To date, Lambeth has received £649,190 of the fines issued in Atlantic Road, though this is expected to increase.